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I’ve talked to my wife since acquiring the scamp that we needed to name it. We’ve been to a few locations already and nothing seem to ‘fit’ when I would just throw out a name or two.

“Miss Bliss” 2011 Scamp trailer

This post is more about making sure there is a recording as to the date we decided to call our little camper “Miss Bliss”. The name for her seems to fit just right. I now feel a small sense of relief naming the trailer finally, I know it seems silly, but it’s now got a name. 🙂

We’re looking for some end of summer relief this coming week with a local outing, just haven’t decided where yet, more on that later. Fall is just around the corner and I’m anxious to see that weather come sooner than later.

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It’s funny how once you reach certain milestones in your life (like hitting 40) you start seeing things differently. Maybe because of age or maybe because so much has changed in our world since I was in my teens and twenties.

Anyway, I’ve changed careers a few times and I’ve got some new skills since then. A more recent skill is with the use of power tools. I was always the not DIY projects kinda guy, a computer guy with no use for power tools or building things that required them. So being a noob now with power tools I’ve educated myself with the safety of using them, because I don’t want to lose any body parts while I play. 🙂

As per my last post, we currently use a 5×8 cargo trailer to camp in. I am not one to modify anything because of the lack of tools, so my options were to look for local services that may be able to. I found out quickly that having someone installing something, such as a vent on the roof of the trailer, can be very expensive after completed. That didn’t include possible other installations I wanted such as a window or 2, electric, rv style door w/screen. etc…etc.. It would cost me a fortune to take my trailer somewhere to get this done. Mind you, I’m in NJ, not too many options in terms of cheap quality work around here in regards to trailers. I can’t justify spending thousands for that, so I skipped on the rest of the upgrades for now. I will share tomorrow what I did to make the trailer a little more usable for summer camping.

I’ve been looking at DIY projects now for at least a year and feeling like I can do that. My wife (Renee`) and I have been wanting to go with a rustic looking coffee table for our living room. Lots of expensive tables out there! So I set out to build one, but I had no tools at the time so I got some.

My first attempt at the table (some before and after staining)

Pre stainAnother Pre-staining

I’ve learned a few things during my first build, one of which was to make sure my boards are straight before purchasing them.

But it turns out, character really shines with it the way it is.

It took me about 2 full days to get it completed. And it was completed just in time for our anniversary! My wife is very happy with the results. 🙂

Just stainedAnd finally done!

I was a little discouraged when I finally completed it because of the wood not lining up “just right” and the cuts I made were a little off. Once it was stained though, I have to say that’s when the character of the table really started to shine. That rustic table I wanted to build was there, exactly how I wanted it.

So ladies and gents, introducing my first DIY coffee table (or anything ever) build at age 43. I’m proud of these results. 🙂 The actual build (minus the tools) cost a little less than $50 with the wood and stain. The experience I got from this is priceless, and now with more projects on the horizon!

I am not a hands on guy, so this project was a challenge for me, luckily I had followed some great instructions and didn’t have to go back to buy more wood ;-). When I purchased the tools I needed I went for the low cost and not the bigger name brands. I’m a beginner at this, not an everyday user of this stuff so I didn’t need to buy these tools based on a professional level. The reviews were good so I selected the tools that worked for my budget.

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The focus for this release was making WordPress faster and lighter. The first thing you’ll notice when you log in to 3.2 is a refreshed dashboard design that tightens the typography, design, and code behind the admin. (Rhapsody in Grey?)

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Looks like some themes were tampered with and being re-distributed by Templates Browser which are modified in such a way that it is exploiting the end user by inserting hidden spam or malware links. If you have downloaded any recent theme for your WordPress or Joomla site, I would check the code to see if it’s legit!

The links are inserted via an additional functions.php file which is included with the theme downloads. If you’re shopping around for public themes, I strongly recommend that you download directly from the original authors website.